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Title
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Westport Room Mural
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Description
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Story of the mural by Hildreth Meiere originally in the Westport Room of Union Station, associated with the Fred Harvey Company and its Harvey Girls. Description of the mural's depiction of the important roles of pioneer women and its current location at 215 West Pershing Road in the Riss Building, on the 10th floor.
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Date
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1991
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas City Women of Independent Minds
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Description
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Photo and bio of Anna Nearing, "the matron of Union Station" from its opening in 1914 until her retirement in 1937. Born in Toledo and coming to Kansas City in 1890 with her family, witnessing the Union Station Massacre and residing at 22 East 32nd Terrace.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Kansas City Women of Independent Minds
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Description
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Photo and bio of Mary Colter (1869~1957), "chief architect, designer, and decorator" for the Fred Harvey Company with "her office in Kansas City Union Station." Decorator and remodeler of the local Harvey Company Gift Shop and Westport Room, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota and coming to Kansas City about 1922.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Kansas City Women of Independent Minds
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Description
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Photos and bio of Sally Rand (1904-1979), a famous dancer born in Hickory County, Missouri as Helen Beck. Growing up in Kansas City as a Central High School graduate moving to Hollywood to start her movie acting career in the 1920s (with Mack Sennett and Cecil B. DeMille) and then fan dancing career in the 1930s, later visiting and performing in Kansas City several times and dying in California.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Book
